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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Frenchmenne during the time of the ſiege, many times iſſued forthe towardes the EEBO page image 493 ſands, and ſometimes towards the trenches, ſo that ſundry ſore ſkirmiſhes chanced betwixte the Engliſhmen and them, with the ſlaughter of diuers, both of the one part and the other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Amongſt other of them within, there were ſlayne two Scottiſhmenne of name, to witte, Captayne Kenedie, and yong Henry Drum|mond: and of them without, there was ſlayne a Scottiſh Gentlemã, called the Lard of Cleiſch.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh army was throughly furniſhed with vittayles forth of all parts of the Realme, and that vpon reaſonable priſes, but the Frẽch|menne within the Towne could get none,The towne of [...] was vn| [...]ded of [...]es. more than they had prouided before the comming of the Engliſh army, whiche when it beganne to fayle them, they were conſtreyned to eate theyr owne Horſes, whoſe fleſhe ſeemed to them in that neceſſitie more delitious, than before that time any manner of veniſon. Thoſe within Inſkeith alſo were in greate neceſſitie of vit|tayles, but yet neither they within the one place nor thoſe within the other, woulde render theyr ſtrengthes, looking ſtil for ayde forth of France.

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